A Long March-6C carrier rocket carrying four satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China\’s Shanxi Province, May 7, 2024. China\’s Long March-6C carrier rocket made its
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China launches new remote sensing satellite
JIUQUAN, April 15 (Xinhua) — China on Monday launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket, placing a remote sensing satellite into space.
The rocket blasted off at 12:12 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuqu
Calls for implementing Gaza resolution grow
The international community is demanding effective enforcement of Monday\’s United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza during Ramadan after Israel refused to change cou
China sends multirole satellite into orbit
A Long March 6A carrier rocket blasts off at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province to transport the Yunhai 3B satellite into its preset orbit on March 27, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
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China launches commercial Lijian-1 Y3 carrier rocket
JIUQUAN, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — China on Tuesday launched the Lijian-1 Y3 carrier rocket with five satellites onboard.
The rocket blasted off at 12:03 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launc
U.S. moon lander Peregrine completes re-entry to Earth
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) — The lunar lander developed by American private company Astrobotic Technology, dubbed Peregrine, has completed its controlled re-entry to Earth over open water in the S
U.S. launches another commercial astronaut mission to space station
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) — SpaceX and Axiom Space launched the third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, as part of NASA\’s efforts to open access to s
Lengthened Long March-5 becomes height benchmark of China\’s launch vehicles in commission
WENCHANG, Hainan, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — China\’s newly-launched Long March-5 rocket has for the first time used an 18.5-meter-long fairing, setting a new height benchmark for China\’s carrier rockets in c
China launches Zhuque-2 carrier rocket for three satellites
The Zhuque-2 Y-3 carrier rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Dec. 9, 2023. The carrier rocket blasted off at 7:39 a.m. (Beijing Time) and sent three satell
Feature: Afghans haunted by U.S. cluster bomb attacks more than 20 years ago
This photo taken on July 15, 2023 shows a damaged building where the U.S. forces dropped cluster bombs in 2001 in Herat Province, Afghanistan. According to the Cluster Munition Coalition, from 2001 to